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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Poem Six say has changed about the social circles in which women seek companionship?
2. How long was the marathon that the main character in Poem Three was attending?
3. What does the main character in Poem Four read to the audience?
4. Where is the lady in orange from?
5. In Sequence One, which character says, "forty poems 2 plants &3 handmade notecards i left/ town so i cd send to you have been no help to me/ on my job"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What do the final lines of the play represent?
2. What does Poem One represent? What is its significance?
3. Describe the language used in Poem One.
4. How did the lady in red discover God?
5. What did Beau do after Crystal got a court order? What does Beau do on his last attempt to win Crystal back?
6. What issue is discussed in the final poem?
7. What does dance represent at the beginning of Sequence Four? What does dance represent at the end of Sequence Four?
8. Where does the lady in blue move to in Poem Eleven? How does she view her new neighborhood? Why does she view it this way?
9. Why does the lady in brown open and close the play?
10. What do the two songs at the end of Poem One represent?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does the playwright use sexuality and sensuality to describe the differences that exist between African American women and women of other races? Why does the author use sexuality and sensuality to show differences between women of different races? Please use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
Based on the play, which colored girls have considered suicide? Why have they considered suicide? What do these women have in common? Please use examples from the book to support your answer.
Essay Topic 3
Is For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf a feminist work? Why or Why not? Please use specific examples from the book.
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